Christmas fails: Holiday family photos gone wrong

The Christmas protest: “Someone was not interested in having her Christmas Card picture taken.”

The Christmas protest: “Someone was not interested in having her Christmas Card picture taken.”

Photo: Awkward Family Photos

Photo: Awkward Family Photos

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The Christmas protest: “Someone was not interested in having her Christmas Card picture taken.”

The Christmas protest: “Someone was not interested in having her Christmas Card picture taken.”

Photo: Awkward Family Photos

Christmas fails: Holiday family photos gone wrong

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We might all dream of a Martha Stewart holiday with a perfectly symmetrical tree dressed in sparkly tinsel and a family Christmas card with all the children smiling, but — let's face it — the holidays don't always go as planned.

The dog knocks over the tree, Grandma buys gifts for everyone except you, Mom accidentally knocks over the Christmas tree, and Uncle Jack drinks too much at Christmas dinner and passes out on the couch.

Yes, Christmas can be downright awkward and often it turns out to be more like a scene out of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation than the perfect image on the page in a glossy magazine.

The folks over at the beloved site Awkward Family Photos embrace those weird and wacky holiday, and we've updated family moments and helped put together the collection of Awkward Family holiday photos above.